By One Man’s Disobedience

  Romans  5:19 “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.” CC 7 The lives recorded in the Bible are authentic histories of actual individuals. From Adam down through successive generations to the times of the apostles we have a plain, unvarnished account of what actually occurred and the genuine experience of real characters. YI April 1, 1897 “If by one man’s offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life [...]

CG 475 The inheritance of children is that of sin. ST March 17, 1887 We may have the peace which passeth understanding; but it will cost us battles with the powers of darkness, struggles severe against selfishness and inbred sin. RH Nov 29, 1887 […]

  CG 475 As related to the first Adam, men receive from him nothing but guilt and the sentence of death. HS 138, 139 Selfishness is inwrought in our very being. It has come to us as an inheritance… CG 475 The inheritance of children is that of sin. 4T 384 Under the general heading of selfishness [comes] every other sin. Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, [...]

  Gen 3:1–6 1) Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” 2) And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3) but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 4) And the serpent said [...]

  1Cor 10:11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come. 3MR 332, 333 (Ms 51, 1900) When will men learn that which has been so fully demonstrated in the history of the past? The workings of Satan show that he can be neither idle nor harmless. Yet how pleasing men and women still find Satan’s allurements. Today his arguments are the same that he presented to Eve. He still uses flattery, he still creates envy and distrust, and excites the [...]

  ST Feb 13, 1893 (or ST Dec 15, 1914) When man sinned, all heaven was filled with sorrow; for through yielding to temptation, man became the enemy of God, a partaker of the satanic nature. The image of God in which he had been created was marred and distorted. The character of man was out of harmony with the character of God; for through sin man became carnal, and the carnal heart is enmity against God, is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.… Out of harmony with the nature of God, unyielding [...]

  Gen 3: 7–13 7) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. 8) And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. […]

  AA 339 …selfishness is the spirit of Satan. ST Feb 13, 1893 When man sinned, all heaven was filled with sorrow; for through yielding to temptation, man became the enemy of God, a partaker of the satanic nature. The image of God in which he had been created was marred and distorted. The character of man was out of harmony with the character of God; for through sin man became carnal, and the carnal heart is enmity against God, is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be… Out of harmony with the nature [...]

Gen 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. Gen 3:10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Isaiah 64:6 But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Rev 3:17 “Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and [...]

  CG 475 As related to the first Adam, men receive from him nothing but guilt and the sentence of death. Gen 3:16–19 16) To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” 17) Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; [...]

  1SM 344 The religious services, the prayers, the praise, the penitent confession of sin ascend from true believers as incense to the heavenly sanctuary, but passing through the corrupt channels of humanity, they are so defiled that unless purified by blood, they can never be of value with God. They ascend not in spotless purity, and unless the Intercessor, who is at God’s right hand, presents and purifies all by His righteousness, it is not acceptable to God. All incense from earthly tabernacles must be moist with the cleansing drops of the blood of Christ. He holds [...]

  Gen 3:17–19 17) Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. 18) Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. 19) In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you [...]

  Romans 5:19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. PP 48 …Adam, the father and representative of the whole human family. CG 475 The inheritance of children is that of sin… As related to the first Adam, men receive from him nothing but guilt and the sentence of death. HS 138, 139 Selfishness is inwrought in our very being. It has come to us as an inheritance… […]

  Gen 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. Gen 3:20, 21 20) And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21) Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Gen 2:23 […]

  CG 475 The inheritance of children is that of sin… As related to the first Adam, men receive from him nothing but guilt and the sentence of death. ST Jan 8, 1894 The fall of Adam was a terrible thing, and the consequences of his sin so fraught with evil that language cannot portray it. By his disobedience of the divine law, the world was thrown into disorder and rebellion. Because of his disobedience, man was under the penalty of breaking the law, doomed to death. 4SP 364 In consequence of Adam’s sin, death passed upon all [...]

  Gen 3:22–24 22) Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”– 23) therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24) So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to [...]